Means for intermittently delivering jam, custard or other material in predetermined quantities



Aug. 22, 1933. E. CHRISTIANSEN I 1,923,188 CUSTARD, QUANTITIES MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY DELIVERING JAM OR OTHER MATERIAL IN PREDETERMINED Filed March 5, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet l z'aiz's'era 1933- E. CHRISTIANSEN I MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY DELIVERING JAM, CUSTARD,

OR OTHER MATERIAL IN PREDETERMINED QUANTITIES Filed March 5, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet '2 1,923,188 CUSTARD, QUANTITIES 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Aug. 22, 1933. E. CHRISTIANSEN MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY DELIVERING JAM OR OTHER MATERIAL IN PREDETERMINED Filed March 5, 1932 3mm Zz'wnwem ll jrzar Patented Aug; 22, 1933 ING 1AM, CUSTARD OR OTHER MATERIAL IN PIEDETERMINED QUANTITIES I Christiansen, Birmingham, England Application March 5, 1932, Serial No. 597,063; and

' in Great Britain June 22', 1931 sclaims. (01. 101-29) This invention comprises certain improvements h or relating to means for delivering jam, cus- 8rd or other material in predetermined quantities, and particularly relates to a machine such 3 use forth in 'my priorpatent specification Serial 495,529, filed November 13th, 1930.

. Kccoi'ding to the present improvements, a 'pie and: or other receptacle for receiving the materfl mm the discharge nozzle is placed on a table to rich B automaticallyraised to the discharge for receiving the material, and after discharge the table is lowered in order to ensure that the material in the receptacle will be separated mm the material in the discharge nozzle.

15 I'm-thee in order to en'sm'e that a variable quanwe! material will not be'leit on the discharge mimic means may be provided for separating ny'material which may be leit'on or projecting fiomthe discharge nozzle. The tins or the like cm the pie casings are adapted to be autoi'ed on to the movable table when in lowered-positiomand the' 'mea'ns are conv'e'nlerrtly asone tin is pushed on the table the positioned tin'is pushed theremmm'medmwinsr j p Figure 1 is a front view or 'a machine constructed according to thisinvention.

me 2 is!!! end view of themachine looking so hrtlie dreetion of the 'arrcw'a Figure ,1.

, me ii as sectional plan view the line 354cc: Figure 1 and shows the'i'eed'slide mechior the'tins or the like inthe two extreme it "were; is an underside plan viewofj the dividind or cut all devlce'hereinafter referred toto a convenient embodiment of this device for intermittently'suppiyquantities of material is con- 40 moms machine as set forth in my prior specification, serial No. 495,529, filedNovember 13in, row. in" a horizontally reci r catin piston i'is'iidapted to draw the material from a m 2 into the piston cylinder 3 and to eject 7:45 became therefrom through a downwardly difi'emd nozzle 74. Th- =-delivering means is m on a. stationary table 5 which supports a vertically movable table 6. This table 6 is on thehead'ofa-rod '7 which is mounted 59 in a boss or bearing 8 depending from the underaldb of the stationary table 5. The end of this sad is bifurcated and holes 9- are provided in the bifurcations for receiving a pin 10 which thus isles across the slot. mm mmepositionoithepinmaybead- A series of holes are pro justed in accordance with the height towhich the table 6Iis required to be raised. A lever 11, pivoted intermediate its ends, is adapted at one end to pass through the said slot and at the other endto co-operate with a cam or arm 12 mounted on a revolving shaft-l3. The tail end 11a of the lever-11 is curved and has conveniently a radius of curvature corresponding with the length of the arm 12 operating such lever. The end of the arm 12 carries a roller 14 which bears on' the lever end as the arm'l2 rotates the lever His reciprocated; Theend of the lever engaging the pin 10 on .the table spindle 8 aforementioned is conveniently divided and the outer end' lIb is pivotally mounted ,on the main portion of the.

lever and moves against an abutment 15 to prevent relative upward. movement but allows a downward relative movement. This downward relative movement is normally. prevented by a spring 16. which has sufiicient tension to keep the outer end 11b ofthe lever in alignment with the main portion oi the lever duriug. the normal action. Should, however, an obstacle prevent the free rising of the tablet the said spring connection permits the table to remain stationary mizing the liability of damage. The sh'ait13 carrying the cam arm 12 is conveniently driven by a train of wheels l'L-I'la-l'lb from a motor driven shaft 18. The drive to this shaft 13 can be cut oil by means of a dog'clutch comprising pins 44 on the gear wheel 17 projecting from one side face which are adapted to enga'ge'perforations in a collar 45 rotating with and slidable on the shaft I3. The. collar 45 is adapted to be moved into or out of engagement-with the pins on the gear wheel 1'1 by means of a pivoted lever 46 havinga hand grip 47.. The table 6 is timed to rise to receive the material ejectedrby the piston and is allowed to fall after the said ejection, so that thematerial will be broken away I from the discharge nozzle 4. Itwill of course 3 being pulled to the side of the pie casing when it is moved sideways. The nature of the material to be delt with varies very considerably and in some cases further precaution may be neces-' so 1 against pressure of "the spring consequently mini- 7' be so a dividing device may be provided to cut 1 of the piston, and this wire is conveniently,

mounted on a slide 24 operated by the outlet slide valve 25 described in my said previous speciflcation. The slide comprises a bar 24 mounted at the back of the frame of the delivery apparatus, and such bar adjustably carries the vertical arm26a. 01" an L-shaped bracket 26, the horizontal arm of which is U-shaped and carries the wire 23 across the mouth thereof. The vertical arm 26a slides in a vertical groove in aplate 2'7 carried by the slide ,bar 24 and is slotted to receive a fixing pin 28. Thelcuttingwire 23 can therefore be arranged to'suit varyingilengths of nozzle and be adjusted in relation tothe' bottom ofthe nozzle. On theunderside ofthe machine casing, one end of a lever 29 is pivoted, the other 7 end is slotted and connected to the slide bar 24.

-A slot is formedintermediate the end of this lever and such slot is engaged bya pin 30 carried by the horizontally moving outletslide valve 25 of the piston cylinder; the said pin 30' passing through a slot '31 in the delivery machine casing. The lever '29 imparts a longer stroke to the cut.- ting ofl" wire 23 than that of the slide valve 25 so that the stroke of the wirepasses from a distance on one sideof the nozzle 4 toadi'stance On the other side of the nozzle,v and is timed to. pass under the nozzle slightlybehind the vclosing movement of the inlet slide valve 32. By this means the exact amount of material held bytthe nozzle is always the same.

Means are provided for automatically feeding pie tin or the like on $015116 moving table 6 when it isat thebottom of its stroke. For this purpose a slide 33 is mounted in a slotted guideway 34 on the stationarytable 5, such slide having a forked end between thearms 33a of which a tin is placed. If thetin is round the arms 33a are shaped to form a tapering opening which will ensure that the tin will be automatically centerd.

The slide 33 may, however, be. adapted to receive any shape or kindof tin. 'If the ftinis square the slide may have a rectangular slotted end to receive the tin.. The slide is arranged to move laterally across'the front of the machine and. to push the tin i'nto'position mencestorise. On the next stroke the tin already on'the table is pushed off {on to the stationary table 5 by the front of the tin then being placed on to the table 6. The slide 33 is operated by means of a lever 35 pivoted to one end on a pin 36 depending from the underside of the stationary table 5 and has a slot 37. at the other end whichengages a pin 38 depending from the slide 33 and passing to the underside of the table 5. A pin orroller 39 on the lever 35 intermediate its ends bears against the end face of a rotating cam 40 and the lever is held against" this cam face by means of a weight 41 mounted on the end of a', cord 42 connected to thelever 35, thecord passing over the pulley ,43. Should any obstacles get in the wayof the slide 33 the I only force which can be applied m the obstacles will be the pull of the said weight 41, and the slide can be held stationary against this pull.

'the stroke. 7 rotate in the'hopper 2 such stirrer being mounted on the end of a' spindle 57 which carries a bevel on'thetable 6, the slide then moving back before the table com The cam 40 is mountedon the shaft 13 carrying the cam lever 12 operating the vertical moving table 6; The motor 19 also drives the reciprocating piston 1 through the medium of the gear wheels 20, 21 and 22. The stroke of the piston 1 is capable of being adjusted and for this purpose the piston connecting rod 48 has a longitudinal slot 49 in which a block 50, carried by the crank pin 51, slides and the amount of lost motion of the block 50 is adjusted by means of the slide 52 through which passes a screwed spindle 53. This screwed spindle is journalled in bearings 54 projecting from the side face of the connecting rod 48 and a knurled hand wheel 55 is fixed to the end of suchspindle. When the slide 52 is adjusted to place the block 50 at the inner end of the slot 49as shown in Figure 2 there is no lost motion and the piston makes a full length stroke;

The distance between. the slide block 50 and the innerend of the slot 49 is equivalent to, the

amount of lost motion, and whatever lost motion is'allowed the piston lwill always reach the same position in the cylinder 3 at the irmer end; of

' A' stirring tool 56'is mounted: to

gear wheel 58iwhich engages a bevel gear wheel 59 on the shaft 60. This shaft 60 is coupled to a shaft 61 by means of the reduced squared portion 60a engaging a square hole in the end of the shaft 61 so that by releasing the catch handle 62, the casing 63 carrying the bevel gears 58 59, shaft .60 and the stirring tool 56 can 'be easily detached to enable'thehopper 2 to be filled. The shaft 61 is driven by the chain 64 from the shaft 65 which also drives the crank: disc.66. The gear wheels20, 21 and 22 are arranged in the casing 67 whilst the chain'64is arranged in the casing .68 one end of which is fixed'to the casing 67 whilst the other-end isfixed to a bracket 69 attached to the side ofthe hopper 2. The inlet slide valve 32 and the outlet slide valve 25 from the crank shaft 65l valves. l The membenfw is driven by gear wheels 4 I claimf,

4 I 1. A machine vfor delivering custard or other material in predeterminedquantities into pie casings or containers, comprising a measur- 2 are reciprocated by means" of the cylindrical member ,70 having acam groove 71- arpund its periphery and engaged by the pins '72 on the slide ing chamber, areciprocating piston for ejecting material from the measuring chamber thrcugh an outlet nozzle or opening, therein, a slide for closing suchoutleti opening, a vertically reciprocating table for receivinga pie-casing or the like which is to be filled, rocatin'g v the piston {and for reciprocating the table to raise the pie casing or the like to receive the filling and for lowering the table to separate the filling material, at the nozzle and for the removal and replacement of the pie casing or the like, a cutter which valve for oscillating the bracket carrying the cutter wire. I

2.-A machine for delivering jam, custard-or other material in predetermined quantities into me casings or containers, compr-isinga measuring chamber; a'reciprocating pistonfor ejecting material from themeasuring chamber through automatic means for recipv is actuatedbyflthesaidslide valve to draw the cutteracross the underside of [the nozzle, comprising a -cu'tting wire, a bracket an outlet nozzle or opening therein, a vertically reciprocating table for receiving a piecasing or the like which is to be filled, automatic means for reciprocating the piston, automatic means for reciprocating the table comprising a continuous driven cam, a lever reciprocated by the said cam, a pivoted arm on the lever, a spring holding the arm against a stop on the lever and an abutment on the table against which the arm presses, with a pressure not greater than the said spring, for raising and lowering the table.

3. A machine for delivering jam, custardor other material in predetermined quantities into pie casings or containers, comprising a feed hopper, a horizontally directed measuring chamber, a piston reciprocating in the chamber, a crank shaft reciprocating the piston through the medium of a connecting rod, located at the, rear of shaft to raise the pie casing or the like to receive the fllling and for lowering the table to separate the filling material at the nozzle and for the removal and replacement of the casing or the like, means for feeding a casing to be filled on to the'reciprocating table and for removing a filled casing therefrom, comprising a slide mounted in a slot arranged longitudinally in the stationary table which passes the casing over the stationary table to the reciprocating table, a lever pivoted to the underside of the table and automatically operating said valves, a table on the upper side of which is supported the said measuring chamber, a driving shaft mounted on the underside of the said table, means for driving the said crank shaft from said driving shaft, a

vertically reciprocating table mounted in the stationary table, means for reciprocating the vertically reciprocating table from the driving shaft to raise the pie casing or the like to receive Y the filling and for lowering the-table to separate thefilling material at the nozzle and for the removal and replacement of the pie casing or the like, means for feeding a casing to be filled on to the reciprocating table and for removing a filled casing therefrom, comprising a slide mounted in a slot arranged longitudinally in the stationary tablefwhich passes thecasing or the like over the front portion of the stationary table to the reciprocating table, a lever pivoted to the underside of 'the table andmoving in a plane parallel therewith coacting at one endwith said slide, a cam mounted on said driving shaft'for reciprocating the saidlever and a cord carrying a weight at one end and connected to the lever for holding the lever in engagement with the cam.

- EJNAR CHRISTIANSEN. 

